Rockridge Market Hall

We wanted to point your attention to a great article about a fantastic product we carry in The Pasta Shop...Kika's Treats.  These delicious handmade treats are available now and shouldn't be missed!  Click through for the story from Mission Local.

The final preparations are being made and we're absolutely SWIMMING in pork at our Fourth Street location of The Pasta Shop. This Saturday from 1:00 - 4:00 pm we're holding the second annual Hog Heaven event - a day for the serious pork lover.  Click the pig for more details.

If you're so inclined, do a Google search for Fancy Food Show 2009 and you'll find LOTS of writers and bloggers breaking down the good and the bad of this year's show. We saw and tasted our way through thousands of products and we found some really great new items.  Read on for quick round-up of what you'll be seeing on the shelves soon... 

by Juliana Uruburu

It was illegal to produce artisan cheese in Spain up until 1992...

Tapa - derived from the Spanish verb topar meaning to top...

The Basque countries La Nuvea Cuisine de Espagna and the explosion over the past 25 years of bringing back lost culinary traditions...

These were some of the highlights of last nights Iberian Peninsula class that I taught at The Cheese School of San Francisco.